Removably attachable lamp mounting



Jan. 27, 1953 E. c. WEISKOPF 2,627,019

REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE LAMP MOUNTING Filed NOV. 27, 1948 2 SHEETS SHEET l I N V EN TOR. EOM V G WES/(OPP Tli "4% C319;

Jan. 27, 1953 E. c. WEISKOPF 2,627,019

REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE LAMP MOUNTING Filed Nov. 27, 1948 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 HTTOHNE'X" Patented Jan. 27, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT a m-cc 2,627,019 REMovABLY-ATTAoH-ABLE LAMP -MOUNTING lzqwin o. 'weifskopg} New York, ,NQ'Y" assi'jndnto Scopicon, Inc.,-Neiv York, N.'Y.,' a corporation of New York Application'November 27, 1948,-Serial'No.*62,403

3 Clair'ris.

The present invention relates to projectors for microscopes and other -magnifyingdevices, and more particularly-to lamp mountingsfor use with the projectors when taking a micro-photograph or other enlargement.

Micro-projectors of the type to which the present invention is especially'well adapted, are

'2,477,396,-when it is desired to take colored photographs of the slide or other transparent or other objects magnified by the microscope or other magnifying devices, as-the case may be, an incandescent lamp is utilized in-thehousing of the light projector-instead of "the mercury vapor lamp.

It is a particularobjectof the present invention to provide a lamp mounting constructed and arrangedto bereadi-ly placed in an operative position Within thehousing of the light-projector without removingthe mercury vapor lamp from said housing. "In its presently preferred form, the lamp mounting of this invention-is 'designedior use with the-=multiple lamp apparatus shown and elai-medinmysaid PatentNo.

2,569,876, and the -provision' of a lampmounting adapted to bereadily attached to and removed from said I multiple lamp mounting, constitutes one-ofthe objects of this invention.

The above andother objects, features and advantages of this invention, will be fully understood'irom'the following description considered in connection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings:

1 Fig. l is a'verticalsectionalviewof a light'projector, showing the multiple lainpmounting with parts in section,-and--showing the-lamp mounting of the'present' invention attached to the multiple lamp mounting; M r

Fig. 2 is a view, partly 'inelevation andpartly in section, of the assembly asseen from theline 2'-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3is' a frontview, inelevation, of the lamp mounting of thepresent invention;

Fig. 4 is a view of the back of said mounting;

- Fig. 5 is a side view of the lamp mounting;

Fig. 6 is -a'sectional view on the line 6*6 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawings i-n'detailftlie multiple lamp device II), which is 'describedj in detail in my above mentione d-Patent'No, 21569,- 876, is shown mounted in a lamp liou'sin'glllo'f a light projector. Said housing 'isprGVidedwlth a light outlet l4 and a condensing lens lawman is adjustable axially-of outlet a'toweid and'awa'y from the operative lamp of'the device I0. The

lens holder i8 is carried by a br'acketflwhieh is fixed'to and is movable "with a 'rod"22,tlie

latter being mounted for longitudinal inovenient in aligned guide bearings 24fand 26. Rod 22 may be adjusted in'any suitable wax-preferably by the-mechanism shown and describedinmy Patent No. 2,477,396, and the lamp fioii's'ingis also preferably of the construdti'c'ins'hown in'iny said patent.

The multiple lamp device I0 comprisesa plurality of tubular-lamps 28'clamped between-the circular members 30 and 32, whichare 'in'turn mounted -for unitary rotary movement about their common axis, in the mounting members, and 36, as described in my Patent No. 2,569,876,

and said members38 and -32 are held'in asse'mbled relation with the lamps '28 by ineans'of'ro'ds -38.

Mounting member '36 is..'provided" with an integral part by whichsaid' mounting member is secured to the adjustable'support' or bracket 42, whichis adjustable laterally'of the axis "of lens I6, and'in a direction longitudinally of'the tubular lamps '28 by the mechanisms an '48 respectively, as described in my above mentioned Patent No. 2,435,300. Lamps 28 are provided with water cooling jackets 'andone of "the'water tubes is therefore'indicated at 48. It'will be understood "that device l0 and "the mounting thereof 'inhousing [2, have been described'briefly and only to the ei'ctentrequired to explain the presently intended specific use of the lamp mounting of the'present invention, which'w i ll now be specifically described.

Figs. land 2 show the lamp'mounting 50supported inposition on the lamp'mountinglofand Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive show the lamp mounting It will be noted thatin the latter is supported by two of the laterally spaced rods 38 of device It, andthat' the =rotaryunit which consists of the members 30 and'32 and said rods 38 is turned in the mountingmembers -34 and 36 to-theposition illustrated by Figs-l and 2 in which the incandescent lamp il -of the lamp mounting 50 confrontslens I6 andis in position; for transmitting light through the space 28 are inoperative, and it will be understood that in the ordinary use of the apparatus for microprojection purposes, other than for the purpose of taking colored photographs, mounting 50 is removed from device I and the lamps 28 are positioned at right angles to the position illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the uppermost lamp 28 in such position, is operative for transmitting light through lens I6 and light outlet l4.

Referring now more particularly to lamp mounting 50, the latter comprises a plate 52 which may be formed of sheet metal or of any other suitable material. The said plate 52 is provided with laterally spaced parts or flanges 54 having recesses 56 to receive the rods 38 at opposite sides, respectively, of the lamp L, as shown in Figs. and 6. It will be noted that the mounting 50 is U-shaped in cross-section, the plate 52 being the base or bight, thereof and the flanges 54 being the spaced arms upstanding from said base. Resilient clamping members 58 are attached to plate 52 in any suitable way as by screws 60, in position between parts 54 and at opposite sides, respectively, of the lamp socket. As shown by Figs. 5 and 6, when plate 52 is mounted in position on a pair of rods 38, clamping members 58 resiliently engage with the companion rods 38 for releasably holding the lamp mounting 50 in position. It will be understood that mounting 50 may be moved longitudinally of the rods 38 on which it is mounted, so that said mounting member may be positioned approximately as desired, that by operation of mechanism 46 mounting 50 may be adjusted in one direction in relation to lens l6, and that by operation of the mechanism 44 said mounting 50 may be adjusted in a different direction in relation to said lens.

The socket for the lamp L comprises the metal tube or shell 62, which is fixed to a metal disk 64. Shell 62 projects through an opening 66 in plate 52 and flange or disk 64 is secured to said plate in any suitable way as by screws 16 and 18. The center contact (0 for the lamp is carried by an insulation member 12. As here shown, tube 62 of the lamp socket is provided with bayonet slots 14 which are engaged by the usual pin projections of the lamp base for holding said lamp in the lamp socket, as will be readily understood. The socket tube 62 may be of the screw shell type. The lamp socket, being fixed to disk 64, is held on plate 52 by the aforementioned screws 16 and 18, and the last mentioned screw may constitute a terminal for the conducting wire 80, the companion wire 82 being electrically connected to the center contact [0. Wires 80 and 82 terminate in a quick detachable connector plug 84 for connection to an outlet receptacle 86, which is mounted as shown in Fig. 2 on the side of lamp housing l2 externally thereof. Said receptacle communicates with the interior of housing l2 through the adjacent wall thereof. It will be understood that when it is desired to place lamp mounting 50 in position within the housing l2 or to remove said mounting from said housing, access to interior of the housing is obtained through the releasable closure 88 of the lamp housing. The receptacle 86 may be provided with a rheostat, step-down transformer and a voltmeter for applying a predetermined lower voltage to lamp L from a 110 volt line as described in my said Patent No. 2,477,396, lamp L being a low voltage lamp and over-excited as described in said, patent. A releasable springpressed stop pin holds member 32 in adjusted position as described in my Patent No. 2,569,876.

Thus it is seen that the lamp mounting from the present invention and the combination thereof with the device ll] of the lamp projector, are well adapted to accomplish the purposes and objects of the present invention. It will be understood, however, that various changes in the details and construction and in the form and arrangements of parts may be made, and that the lamp mounting of the present invention may be used for various purposes other than that herein specifically illustrated or described, without departing from the underlying idea or principles of this invention within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A lamp mounting adapted to be releasably secured to a support which is provided with a pair of laterally spaced rods, said mounting comprising a plate provided with a lamp socket, laterally spaced flanges on said plate disposed at opposite sides, respectively, of said socket and provided with aligned recesses to receive said rods when the mounting is assembled therewith, and resilient members disposed on said plate at opposite sides, respectively, of said socket in the space between said flanges and positioned to enage said rods, respectively, for releasably securing said plate thereto.

2. A lamp mounting adapted to be releasably secured to a support which is provided with a pair of laterally spaced rods, said mounting comprising a plate provided with a lamp socket,

laterally spaced flanges on said plate disposed at opposite sides, respectively, of said socket and provided with aligned recesses to receive said rods when the mounting is assembled therewith, and clamping members mounted on said plate at 01)- posite sides, respectively, of said socket in the space between said flanges and positioned in alignment with said aligned recesses for engaging said rods, respectively.

3. A lamp mounting adapted to be releasably secured to a support which is provided with a pair of laterally spaced rods, said mounting comprising a U-shaped member, a lamp socket mounted on the bight of said member between the upstanding arms thereof, said arms being provided with aligned recesses to receive said rods when the mounting is assembled therewith, and clamping members mounted on said bight at opposite sides, respectively, of said socket in the space between said arms and positioned in alignment with said aligned recesses for engaging said rods, respectively.

EDWIN C. WEISKOPF.

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